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ISW News Roundup - May 29, 2009
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Iraq
Wall Street Journal - Bomb Kills Four in Iraq's Diyala Province
New York Times - Allotting of Iraqi Oil Rights May Stroke Hostility, by Timothy Williams and Suadad Al-Salhy
RFE/RL - U.S.-Iraqi Audit to Check Finances for Reconstruction
RFE/RL - Six Candidates Set for Iraqi Kurds' Presidential Vote
VOA News - U.S. Rejects Newspaper Report on Iraq Prison Photos
VOA News - Turkey Targets PKK in Iraq After Deadly Mine Blast, by Dorian Jones
Afghanistan
Department of Defense - Troops in Afghanistan Kill More than 30 Insurgents
RFE/RL - U.S., Afghan Forces Kill 35 Militants in Zabul Province
Wall Street Journal - Taliban's Foreign Support Vexes U.S., Yochi J. Dreazen
Times Online UK - U.S. Troop Surge in Afghanistan Escalates War with Taleban, by Julius Cavendish
RFE/RL - Petraeus Says Video Shows Air Strike Casualties Were Taliban
Pakistan
New York Times - Several Blasts in Pakistan After Taliban Warning, by Ismail Khan and Salman Masood
Los Angeles Times - Pakistan Bombings Kill at Least 13, by Alex Rodriguez
Region
VOA News - Survey Finds Most Arabs View President Obama Favorably, by Mohamed Elshinnawi
Los Angeles Times - FBI Planning a Bigger Role in Terrorism Fight, by Josh Meyer
CNN - Bush Defends Interrogation Program in Michigan Speech, by Peter Hamby
Iran
Los Angeles Times - Iran Says 20 Killed in Mosque Bombing, by Ramin Mostaghim and Jeffrey Fleishman
BBC - Iran Official Accuses U.S. Over Mosque Bomb
North Korea
Washington Post - North Korea Test-Fires Short Range Missile, by Blaine Harden
New York Times - Gates Reassures Allies Over North Korea, by Elisabeth Bumiller and Choe Sang-Hun
Washington Times - Casey: U.S. Has Forces to Fight N. Korea
Washington Post - S. Korean, U.S. Forces Raise Alert Level, by Blaine Harden
Israel
Times Online UK - New Peace Setbacks as Binyamin Netanyahu Rejects US Settlement Call, by Tim Reid